Chinese official told Japan shrine visits block ties
(AP)
Updated: 2006-08-20 20:04 Doi said to abide by the three political documents between the two countries
is the foundation of maintaining a healthy and stable bilateral relationship.
Correctly understanding history is important both to Japanese-Chinese
relationship and Japan's development, she said.
Relations between the
two countries have been chilled by Koizumi's visits.
Soon after
Koizumi's sixth visit on August 15, Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a statement
expressing "strong protests" against the move
Foreign Minister Li
Zhaoxing summoned Japanese Ambassador to China Miyamoto Yuji and lodged strong
objections.
In Beijing more than 30 Chinese citizens gathered outside
the Japanese embassy on the morning of August 15 to protest against Koizumi's
visit.
The anger over Koizumi's shrine visit also spread in Nanjing,
capital of eastern China's Jiangsu Province, where at least 300,000 Chinese were
massacred by Japanese troops in 1937.
In Japan, Koizumi's shrine visit
also prompted protests from opposition and coalition parties, politicians and
civil groups, according to media reports.
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